Is God still in control? Does he even know what going on down here?

The views on this blog do not necessary represent those of for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For information what they believe please go to https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng Especially, read or listen to a talk by Dieter F. Uchidorf  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/come-join-with-us?lang=eng  

As a child I was taught  that when Christ died the veil was rent and God no longer spoke to man. When Joseph Smith had his vision, he happened to tell a minister of a church about the vision, he was told that such things were of the devil.  The minister said there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days, that all such things had ceased with the apostles and there would never be any more of them.

We know from reading Acts that when Christ died and was resurrected the Holy Ghost became our teacher but Christ is still the head of his church which he organized on the earth. When Christ finished his work here “He was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfast toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said, ‘Ye men of Galiee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.’”  

Let us be logical here for a moment. Christ went to all this trouble to sit up His Church even to the point of dying for it. I ask you was not the death of Christ foretold?   It was. And I ask you if Christ death was not part of the plan could not Christ, the son of the only begotten of our immortal Father have lived forever? Doesn’t God have power over all the earth, over life and death? Does it make sense then that Father would allow his son to die for naught?  It does not! Does it make sense that He would establish his church and say, That’s it! Let them do as they please. Let them make up whatever that want and follow the best they can. Then in that appointed day unknown to all, I’ll send my son down and send them all to hell? Does that sound like a loving heavenly Father?

God is not a god of confusion. The original church was lost due to unbelief. The Apostles were killed. Judas was replaced as were others, but eventually unbelief won out and we went through the dark ages. Gradually, people began to have faith again. They began to search the scriptures and set up churches. All of that was good. It prepared the hearts of men to again receive Christ. The authority Christ left on the earth was gone but in these latter days that authority has been restored.
 I was raised as a good old Southern Baptist. Those are good people who love the Lord. They read the Bible and live by its precepts. There are many, many other denominations that do the same. There are probably as many or more of them than Mormons who are going to heaven. So why  do the Mormons have the arrogance to say that they are the only true church upon the earth?

Simple. Because they are the only church on the earth at this time that has the authority of the original church of Christ. The second coming of Christ is nigh at hand and it is time for Christ to a return to His Church. It does not mean than any one Mormon is better than any Baptist or etc. What it does mean is that God is in charge and he knows what he is doing. He has always known what he was doing.  He is not asleep not is he dead.